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Tony Raines to Attempt Winston Cup Debut at Charlotte

NASCAR Truck driver Tony Raines will attempt to make his first Winston Cup race at Charlotte this week in the #19 Yellow Freight Roehrig Motorsports Ford Taurus. The team went to Charlotte early this month for a two-day test session and planned to perform a chassis dyno test the Monday before Charlotte. Yellow Freight System, Inc. is the primary sponsor of the #19 Ford driven by Raines and is a Fortune 500 company.(Grandstand Communications, Inc. PR)(9-28-98)